Manchester
Manchester ranks 108th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Beijing, Rotterdam, and Geneva. Memorable people born in Manchester include Arthur Harden, Thomas De Quincey, and David Warner. Memorable people who died in Manchester include John Dalton, Maria Malibran, and Bill Foulkes. Manchester has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. Manchester is located in United Kingdom.
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had an estimated population of 568,996 in 2022. It contributes to the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom as a part of Greater Manchester, which has a population of approximately 2.92 million. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury and Salford. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2003, Manchester was the birth place of 106 globally memorable people, including Arthur Harden, Thomas De Quincey, and David Warner. Additionaly, 24 globally memorable people have passed away in Manchester including John Dalton, Maria Malibran, and Bill Foulkes.
People Born in Manchester
Go to all RankingsArthur Harden
CHEMIST
1865 - 1940
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 1
Thomas De Quincey
WRITER
1785 - 1859
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 2
David Warner
ACTOR
1941 - 2022
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 3
William Henry
CHEMIST
1774 - 1836
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 4
Alice Bailey
OCCULTIST
1880 - 1949
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 5
Elihu Thomson
INVENTOR
1853 - 1937
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6
Joseph Henry Blackburne
CHESS PLAYER
1841 - 1924
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 7
Noel Gallagher
SINGER
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 8
Harold Laski
ECONOMIST
1893 - 1950
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 9
Dennis W. Sciama
PHYSICIST
1926 - 1999
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 10
Liam Gallagher
MUSICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 11
Brenda Milner
PSYCHOLOGIST
1918 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Manchester
Go to all RankingsEddie Owen
ATHLETE
1886 - 1949
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 17
William Henry Dean
ATHLETE
1887 - 1949
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 32
Ann Bishop
BIOLOGIST
1899 - 1990
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 35
Flora Drummond
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1878 - 1949
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 40
Andy Rourke
MUSICIAN
1964 - 2023
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 42
Jenny Clack
BIOLOGIST
1947 - 2020
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 59
Stuart Adamson
MUSICIAN
1958 - 2001
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 63
Paul McGuigan
MUSICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 67
John Aston Jr.
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 33.26
Rank: 69
Lyndsey Marshal
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 30.39
Rank: 72
Zidane Iqbal
SOCCER PLAYER
2003 - Present
HPI: 29.98
Rank: 73
Yasmin Finney
ACTOR
2003 - Present
HPI: 29.47
Rank: 74
People Deceased in Manchester
Go to all RankingsJohn Dalton
CHEMIST
1766 - 1844
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 1
Maria Malibran
SINGER
1808 - 1836
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 2
Bill Foulkes
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2013
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 3
Joseph Delaney
WRITER
1945 - 2022
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 4
Samuel Alexander
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 5
Colin Bell
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2021
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 6
Arvīds Jansons
MUSICIAN
1914 - 1984
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 7
Carlos Marín
SINGER
1968 - 2021
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 8
Francis Lee
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - 2023
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 9
Quentin Crisp
WRITER
1908 - 1999
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 10
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
WRITER
1891 - 1945
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 11
Joe Mercer
SOCCER PLAYER
1914 - 1990
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Manchester
Go to all RankingsEmily Faithfull
BUSINESSPERSON
1835 - 1895
HPI: 37.99
Rank: 22
Audrey Brown
ATHLETE
1913 - 2005
HPI: 32.67
Rank: 24
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Manchester were soccer players (35), actors (11), musicians (10), athletes (10), and writers (9), while most who died were soccer players (11), writers (3), singers (2), actors (2), and chemists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Manchester, including Danny Welbeck, Marcus Rashford, and Ron Staniforth. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Manchester, including Danny Welbeck, Marcus Rashford, and Ron Staniforth.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Manchester since 1700.